CIHM 
Microfiche 
Series 
(l\/lonographs) 


ICMH 

Collection  de 
microfiches 
(monographies) 


m\ 


Canadian  Instituta  for  Historical  IMicroraproduction*  /  Inatitut  :anadion  da  microraproductiona  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  technique  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  ttas  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  bibliographlcally  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


D 

D 

D 

D 
D 
D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

n 


D 


Coloured  coi«rs  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 

Covers  damaged  / 
Couverture  ertdommag^ 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pellicuiee 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps  /  Cartes  gtegraphiques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  otfier  than  blue  or  black)  / 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bieue  ou  noire) 

Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations  / 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Reli^  avec  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available  / 
Seule  edition  disponlble 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin  /  La  reliure  serree  peut 
causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la  distorsion  le  long  de 
la  marge  int^rieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  rBsturatk)ns  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have 
been  omitted  from  filming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines 
pages  blanches  ajouties  lors  d'une  restauration 
appaiaissent  dans  le  texte,  mais,  kxsque  cela  dtait 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  ^  film^. 


AddHkmal  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppl^mentaires: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  examplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
dt^  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire  qui  sont  peut-6tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  nradifier  une  image  reproduite, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modifications  dans  la  m6th- 
ode  nonmale  de  filmage  sont  indiqu6s  ci-dessous. 

I     I      Coloured  pages  /  Pages  de  couleur 

I     I      Pages  damaged  /  Pages  endommagees 

I     I      Pages  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
' — '      Pages  restauries  et/ou  pelliculees 


Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed  / 
Pages  dto>lorees,  tachettes  ou  pkgutes 

Pages  detached  /  Pages  ddtachdss 


0 

D 

Fyl      Showthrough  /  Tran^arence 

I     I      Quality  of  print  varies  / 

' — '      QualJt^  in^le  de  I'impression 

I     I      Includes  supplement^  material  / 
' — '      Comprend  du  mctdriel  supplementaire 

I  I  Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
' — '  slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  Image  /  Les  pages 
totalement  ou  partiellement  obscurcies  par  un 
feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure,  etc.,  ont  6t6  filmees 
k  nouveau  de  fapon  a  obtenir  la  meilleure 
image  possible. 

I  I  Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
< — '  discolou  rations  are  filmed  twice  to  ensure  the 
best  possible  image  /  Les  pages  s'opposant 
ayant  des  colorations  variable  ou  des  decol- 
orations sont  filmdes  deux  fois  afin  d'obtenir  la 
meilleur  image  possible. 


10X                                    14X                                    18X 

Z2X 

26X 

30X 

J 

_ 

. 

20X 


2SX 


Th«  copy  fllmad  hara  ha*  baan  raproduead  thank* 
to  tha  ganaroalty  of: 

National  Library  of  Canada 


L'aaamplaira  (ilm*  fut  raproduit  grica  *  la 
g*n4rosit*  da: 

Blbllotha^ia  natlonala  du  Canada 


Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poiiibla  eonaidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
o(  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  eenwact  apacificaliena. 


Original  capiat  in  printad  papar  covara  ara  flimad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
■ion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  apprepriata.  All 
othar  original  capiat  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
tint  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuttratad  impraa- 
tion.  and  anding  on  tha  latt  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  imprastion. 


Tha  latt  racordad  frama  on  aach  microfleha 
■hall  contain  tha  tymbol  ^^  (maaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  ▼  Imaaning  "END"), 
whiehawar  appliaa. 


Lat  imagat  tuivantat  ont  *t*  raproduitat  avac  I* 
plut  grind  toin.  campta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nanat*  da  I'aiamplaira  film*,  at  an 
eonfermit*  avae  laa  eonditiona  du  eontrat  da 
fllmaga. 

Laa  aaamplairat  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  aat  imprimOa  tont  fllmOt  an  eommancant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  toit  par  la 
darnitra  paga  qui  eomporta  una  amprainia 
d'Imprattion  ou  d'llluttration,  toit  par  la  aacond 
plat,  talon  la  caa.  Toua  laa  autrat  axamplairat 
originaux  tent  filmaa  an  eommancant  par  la 
pramiara  paga  qui  eomporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraation  ou  d'llluttration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darniAra  paga  qui  eomporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 

Un  dat  lymbolaa  tuivantt  tpparaitra  tur  la 
darniira  imaga  da  chaqua  microfiche,  talon  la 
eat:  la  tymbola  —» tignifia  "A  SUIVRE".  la 
tymbola  ▼  tignifia  "FIN". 


Mapa,  platat,  eharu,  etc..  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  reduction  ratioa.  Thota  too  large  to  ba 
entirely  included  in  one  expotura  are  filmed 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  at  many  frames  as 
required.  Tha  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Lat  cartat.  planchaa,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvant  aire 
filmat  *  daa  Uux  da  rOduction  diff*rentt. 
Lortque  la  document  att  trap  grand  pour  itra 
reproduit  en  un  teul  clicha,  il  est  films  S  partir 
da  Tangle  supdriaur  gauche,  de  gauche  S  droito. 
et  de  haut  an  bas,  an  prenant  la  nombra 
d'imagea  ndcassaira.  Lea  diagrammes  suivantt 
illustrent  la  mathoda. 


1  2  3 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

MKROCOPy  IKSOIUTION   '"ST  CHART 

(ANSI  and  ISO  TEST  CHART  No.  2) 


'^1^1^ 


_^  /APPLIED  IIVHGE    In 

— — ^  1653  East   Main   Street 

g'^JS  Rochestsf.   New  York        14609       USA 

'l=  (7'6)   482  -  0300  -  Phone 

^S  (^'B)   288 -5989  -rax 


FOUR  SONNETS 


BT 

BLISS  CARMAN 


lyl/Ct-Utj  fi 


All  Up,  Please ! 


ARE  we  satisfied  that  "The  Star-Spangled  Banner,"  written  for  a  special  o<  a 
"sion.  should  serve  for  all  time  as  ojr  "national  hymn"?  Leaving  othe 
faults  out  of  account.  "The  St»r-Span(,'Ied  Banner"  is  very  hard  for  most  of  u 
to  sine  at  all  Americ."  is  easier,  and  the  words  nobler,  but  the  tune  is  asso 
ciated  with  Enjfland's  national  hymn  and  with  Prussia's  court  hymn.     Afte 

Siii"  .1  ri  r^''  "°"h*''  "y""  "'  *''=  Republic,"  sunK  to  "John  Brown' 
Body,  stands  first  amonc  all  our  songs  of  patriotism.  One  can  march  to  that 
fo™,."nrtrTM  »"■*  ^"L7  King  with  a  "Hymn  of  Freedom."  The  poet  in 
forms  us  that  Mr.  Roy  Webb,  a  nephew  of  Digby  Bell,  has  written  some  thrillin 
music  for  the  verses.     Here  are  the  words: 


Unfurl  the  flag  of  Freedom, 

Fling  far  the  bugle  blast! 
There  cornea  a  sound  of  marching 

From  out  the  mighty  past. 
Let  every  peak  and  valley 

Ta' e  up  the  valiant  cry: 
Where,  beautiful  as  morning, 

Our  banner  cuts  the  sky. 


Free-born  to  peace  and  justice, 

We  stand  to  guard  and  save 
The  liberty  of  manhood. 

The  faith  our  fathers  gave. 
Then  soar  aloft.  Old  Glory, 

And  tell  the  waiting  breeze 
No  law  but  Right  and  AJercy 

Shall  rule  the  Sefen  Seas. 


No  hate  is  in  our  anger. 

No  vengeance  in  our  mrath. 
We  hold  the  line  of  freedom 

Across  the  tyrant's  path. 
Where'er  oppression  vaunteth 

We  loose  the  sword  once  more 
To  stay  the  feet  of  conquest. 

And  pray  an  end  of  war. 


We  shall  be  glad  to  publish  any  original  pa' 
to  us  and  that  are  as  stirring  and  as  singable 
we  have  no  official  national  hymn;  "Tht  S*— -  " 
time  to  time  nominated  for  the  honor  by  v 
has   ever   so   established.     Meanwhile— we    su.. 


"nngs  ,.iat  may  be  submitte 

'<'ing's.    As  things  stant 

■nner"  has  been  fior 

of  Congres- 

«lom" 


a  special  o<  ;■ 
Leaving  othe 
for  most  of  u 
e  tune  is  asso 
hymn.  Afte 
"John  Brown' 
narch  to  that 
The  poet  in 
some  thrillin: 


f  justice, 
md  nave 

»  gave, 
'ory, 
b.'fezt 
Mercy 

Seiin. 


be  submitte 
things  stani 
as  been  fior 

of  Congres- 
«lom" 


I 


FOUR   SONNETS 

BY 
BLISS  CARMAN 


nii 


^   "t.aton 
Small,  Maynard  and  Company 
Publishers 


Copyright,  1010, 
By  Small,  Matnaro  k  CoutAKt 

(IHCOBTOBATKO) 


FOUR  SONNETS 


BLI3S  CARMAN 


t 


i 


EAVEN  if  no  larger  ti^an  Con- 
necticut ; 

No  larger  than  Fair'ield  County ; 
no,  no  larger 

Than  the  little  valley  of  the  Silver- 

mine 

The  white  aun  viaita  and  the  wandering  ahowera. 

For  there  ia  room  enough  for  apring'a  return, 

For  lilac  eveninga  and  the  riaing  moon 

And  time  enough  for  autumn'a  idle  de   ., 

When  aoul  ia  ripe  for  immortality. 

And  then  when  winter  somea  with  amoldering  du»k 

To  kindle  roay  flamea  upon  the  hearth. 

And  hang  hia  atarry  belt  upon  the  night, 

One  firelit  room  ia  large  enough  for  heaven, 

For  all  we  know  of  wiadom  and  of  love. 

And  the  eternal  welfare  of  the  heart. 


■i 


II 


u 


ERE  April  wanders  from  the 

rainy  Sound,  — 

Ethereal  Beauty  in  her  shining 

veil, 

Who  like  a  lyric  dancer  comes 

with  joy,  — 
And  we  behold  entranced  her  mystic  form 
Gleam  through  the  silver  showers  against  the  hill, 
And  must  forever  follow  on  her  trace. 
Bewitched  as  children  in  a  fairy  tale 
By  all  the  magic  loveliness  of  earth. 
And  hark,  what  music  in  the  dusk  is  made 
Along  the  waking  meadows,  where  the  stream 
Murmurs  at  twilight  when  the  moon  is  large. 
While  from  the  willown  in  the  marshy  ground 
Rises  the  watery  treble  of  the  frogs,  — 
The  wild  Pandean  chorus  of  the  spring ! 


Ill 


** 


OW  when  the  time  of  fruit  and 

grain  is  come, 

When  apples  hang  above  the 
:  orchard  wall, 

And  from  the  tangle  by  the  road- 
Jside  stream 
A  scent  of  wild  grapes  fills  the  racy  air. 
Comes  Autumn  with  her  sun-burnt  caravan, 
Like  a  long  gypsy  train  with  trappings  gay 
And  tattered  colors  of  the  Orient, 
Moving  slow-footed  through  the  dreamy  hills. 
The  woods  of  Wilton,  at  her  coming,  wear 
Tints  of  Bokhara  and  of  Samarcand; 
The  maples  glow  with  their  Pompeian  red. 
The  hickories  with  burnt  Etruscan  gold  ; 
And  while  the  crickets  fife  along  her  march. 
Behind  her  banners  burns  the  crimson  sun. 


•> 


IV 


•!» 


HEN  winter  comes,  along  the 

Silvermine, 

And  earth  has  put  away  her 

green  attire, 

With  all  the  pomp  of  her  autumnal 

Ipride, 

The  world  is  made  a  sanctuary  old, 
Where  Gothic  trees  uphold  the  arch  of  gray. 
And  gaunt  stone  fences  on  the  ridge's  crest 
Stand  like  carved  screens  bttore  a  crimson  shrine, 
Showing  the  sunset  glory  through  the  chinks. 
There,  like  a  nun  with  frosty  breath,  the  soul. 
Uplift  in  adoration,  sees  the  world 
Transfigured  as  a  temple  of  her  Lord  ; 
While  down  the  soft  blue-shadowed  aisles  of  snow 
Ni-^ht,  like  a  sacristan  with  silent  step, 
Passes  to  light  the  tapers  of  the  stars. 


H  ri^n 


•} 


Four  hundred  and  thirty-eight  copies 
C^^r  private  distribution,  Christmas, 
nineteen  sixteen,  printed  for  Shall, 
Matnard  and  CoHPAifT,  Incor- 
porated, by  The  University  Press, 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  U.  S.  A. 


fi 


